Genealogy Report: Descendants of Lemuel Garrison

Descendants of Lemuel Garrison

Generation No. 2

2.PARSONS2 GARRISON (LEMUEL1) was born Abt. 1786 in New Jersey, and died Bef. October 6, 1828 in Clinton Co., Ohio.He married (2) ELIZABETH MART August 14, 1819 in Clinton Co., Ohio.She was born Abt. 1795 in Egg Harbor Twp., Gloucester Co., New Jersey, and died 1836 in Clinton Co., Ohio. Notes for PARSONS GARRISON:After Parsons first wife died, he married Elizabeth Mart in 1819 in Clinton Co., OH.When he died in 1826, guardianship of his children by his first wife was given to Alfred Catlett. Court records in 1827 show Lemuel 18, Joseph 16, Mahala 15, Polly 13, Phebe 11.The other children, of Parsons and Elizabeth, Parson 6, Susanna 4, and Rebecca 2, had Jonathan Lawrence appointed guardian. After his death there were several other court actions against his wife and John Batson whom she had married. Children of PARSONS GARRISON are:

4.LEMUEL2 GARRISON (LEMUEL1) was born 1788 in New Jersey, and died February 23, 1872 in Millbrook Twp., Peoria Co.,Illinois1.He married (1) MARY RIPPY.She died 1820 in Ohio.He married (2) ANNA BATSON December 14, 1823 in Clinton Co., OH2,3, daughter of NATHANIEL BATSON and MARY(UNKNOWN).She was born 1799 in Ohio4,5, and died Aft. 1880 in Gage Co., Nebraska. Notes for LEMUEL GARRISON:Lemuel moved from New Jersey to Ohio about 1807and was a resident for a short while in Warren County before coming to Clinton County. The National Archives has a file of Lemuel Jr. 's War of 1812 Bounty Land and Widow's Pension records - WC-20775.It says he enlisted September 4, 1813, at Lebanon, Ohio in Captain William B. Fordyce's Company in Colonel Henry Zumalt's 2nd Regiment of the Ohio Militia and served as a private until March 4, 1814, when he was honorably discharged at Lower Sandusky. Lemuel may have been married three times.His first wife died in 1820 and he married Anna Betson in 1823.Clinton County Marriage Licenses Issued No. 179, October 10, 1820, to Lemuel Garrison and Martha Garrison; Of lawful age,On Bond of Indemnification. The 1870 Illinois Census shows Lemuel, age 83, and his wife Ann, age 75, living with their son-in-law Daniel Camp and daughter Rebecca in Millbrook Township, Peoria County, Illinois. Notes for ANNA BATSON:The 1880 Census for Gage County, Nebraska, has Ann Garrison, age 81, mother in-law, widowed, living with Daniel Camp, age 64 and Rebecca Camp, age 55, and four children. Children of LEMUEL GARRISON and MARY RIPPY are:

Notes for GEORGE W. GARRISON:He was living at 61 2nd Street, Clarksville, Ohio, in 1876 and 1882.The brick home was still in use in 1999. The 1900 Census for Clarksville, Ohio, Family 301 has George W. Garrison, Head of Household, 82; Maggie J., Wife, 72; Fred Lawson, Step Son, 46; Amanda A. Lawson, Step Daughter, 47; and Susie Lawson, Grand Daughter, 12.Amanda is the daughter of George's cousin, James Garrison.

Notes for JOHN P. GARRISON:The only information on John is a gravestone in the Rehoboth Cemetery, Clinton Co., Ohio: John P. Garrison, son of Lemuel and Ann Garrison, d. 5-7-????.Examination of the 1820-1850 Census gives no indication of him, which suggest he lived less than ten years.

5.BENJAMIN2 GARRISON (LEMUEL1) was born March 17, 1790 in New Jersey, and died December 7, 1859 in Clinton Co., Ohio16.He married (1) REBECCA GARRISON December 24, 1810 in Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio17.She was born Abt. November 1789, and died March 29, 1842 in Clinton Co., Ohio.He married (2) JANE D. MITCHELL August 31, 1844 in Clinton Co., Ohio.She was born December 10, 1792, and died August 1, 1846 in Clinton Co., Ohio. Notes for JANE D. MITCHELL:The 1850 Census has Jane, wife of Benjamin Garrison, living in Clinton County age 51. Children of BENJAMIN GARRISON and REBECCA GARRISON are:

6.MAHALA2 GARRISON (LEMUEL1) was born June 13, 1791 in New Jersey, and died August 11, 1883 in Warren Co., Indiana18,18.She married (1) NICOLAS PORTER June 20, 1811 in Clinton Co., Ohio.She married (2) JOSIAH BIGGS September 5, 1816 in Warren Co., Ohio19.He was born 1774, and died December 4, 1844. Notes for MAHALA GARRISON:Also spelled Melahey. Child of MAHALA GARRISON and NICOLAS PORTER is: